a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

Planning to write a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

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Learning the features of a non-chronological report on nocturnal animals

Generating information about bats to be used in a non-chronological report

Generating information about hedgehogs for a non-chronological report

Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about nocturnal animals

Planning to write a section about bats in a non-chronological report

Writing a section about bats in a non-chronological report

Writing a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

Delivering a presentation of a non-chronological report about nocturnal animals

In this unit, pupils have learned how to use fronted adverbials of time in sentences within a non-chronological report. In 'School Trip: Recount', pupils will build on this by using the skill within a different text type, a recount. 

In 'Atinuke and other authors: Information Text', pupils learned how to group information into relevant paragraphs to make it easier for the reader to navigate. In this unit, pupils will build on that skill by applying it to a different form on non-fiction writing, a non-chronological report.  

In this unit, pupils write a non-chronological report in three paragraphs about nocturnal animals. Pupils use two research lessons about bats and hedgehogs as the starting point for writing an introduction and a paragraph about each nocturnal animal.

Nocturnal animals: non-chronological report

to write out the whole report for practice

to organise ideas, thoughts and the information you want to include

Animals that sleep at night and are active in the day.

Animals that are awake in the night and day.

Animals that sleep during the day and are awake at night.

How many spines do hedgehogs have on their backs?

They provide cover and a place to be hidden from predators.

They attract insects which hedgehogs like to eat.

Their thick vegetation and tangled branches make them a great nesting spot.

Why are hedges, bushes and shrubs perfect homes for hedgehogs?

Which animals does a hedgehog like to eat?

Which of these are reasons to use an apostrophe?

Which of these shows the correct use of an apostrophe for possession?

Which of these are nouns that might belong to a bat?

Which of these are reasons why you should read your sentences out loud once you've written them? 

Planning to write a section about hedgehogs in a non-chronological report

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